"The Rare Book & Manuscript Library in the University of Pennsylvania, US has completed phase I of a multi-year makeover."

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"Guthrie, known for the anthem, “This Land is Your Land” and his songs about the poor and downtrodden, is remembered mostly as a musician, composer and singer, but was also a literary figure and an artist, said Bob Blackburn, executive director of the Oklahoma Historical Society."

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"Not only did the first book of photographs contain cyanotypes of algae, it was produced by a woman. Her book is part of a collection in the Royal Society, which has just put on an exhibit of some of its choicest works called 'Treasures of the Royal Society Library'".

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"Set up in 2010 by Penang-based William Knox, the Bookshelf specialises in old and new books on Malaysia and Asia."

“'The idea is to provide Malaysians with books they can’t get here and for people overseas who can’t find books about Malaysia,” says Britain-born Knox who moved to Malaysia in 2009.'"

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"The work of digitising nearly five lakh pages of documents at both the Madras Veterinary College library and Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (TANUVAS) is expected to be completed by June next year."

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"In the world of cartography, prices for some of the rarest and most sought-after maps—like those of famous cartographer William Blough—can reach into the millions. At that cost, why choose to invest in a map over other artworks?"

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"The cost of the Arab Spring in Egypt cannot be counted only in terms of human lives – cultural landmarks have paid a heavy price too. The Institut d’Egypte, one of Cairo’s most precious scholarly archives, was burned down on Saturday. Since then, protesters and the country's military rulers have been trading accusations of arson."

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"A visiting professor at West Virginia University has discovered a 16th-century erotic poem—written by a Catholic noblewoman to the condemned Protestant tutor of Edward VI—hidden inside an edition of works by Chaucer..."

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"A set of rankings out this week from Flavorwire ranks the Beinecke the most beautiful college library in America and the second most beautiful in the world, after only the General Library at the University of Coimbra in Coimbra, Portugal."

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"A small group of high-achieving junior and senior Latin students are spending their free time huddled around a computer screen with images of a ninth-century manuscript that before only scholars had dealt with."

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"After more than a decade of restoration and study, the public is getting a glimpse at the oldest surviving copy of works by an ancient Greek mathematical genius at the Walters Art Museum."

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"Precious ancient rare books and special collections from the National Library of China (NLC), which has the world's largest collection of Chinese documents, will be on display from tomorrow (December 9) to January 15 at the Exhibition Gallery of the Hong Kong Central Library (HKCL)."

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"The oldest library in the South -- and the third-oldest in the nation -- announced Friday a multi-year effort to catalog and restore thousands of rare books, many of which have survived for centuries through earthquake, war and the relentless heat and humidity of Southern summers."

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"Some of the conserved rare and historic books and pamphlets held at the University of Ulster will be displayed in a unique exhibition to mark the completion of the Derry and Raphoe Diocesan Library Project."

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"The Kenya National Library Services (KNLS) is banking on the shift to add value by providing access to rare books, government reports and past newspapers in the first phase of the project."

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"When Chambersburg resident Cesi Kellinger packed up six boxes of books and sent them to the Library of Congress as a donation, she did not anticipate the response she would get. Kellinger got an official letter from the library stating that her books were not only accepted, but that the collection would bear her name."

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